Remnant-tag.



G. E. MITGHEM.

RBMNANT TAG.

. APPLICATION FILED my 17, 1912.

dflmfi Inventor CDLUMBlA PLANOGRAPH (JO-.WASHINGTON. B4 c Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

Attbrneys CHARLES E. MITCHEM, or oHioAGo, ILLINOIS.

REMNANT-TAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.- Patenfiefl N ;25, 1'913 Application filed Ma ra 1912. Serial no. 697,991.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. MIToHnM, a citizen of the United States, residing-"at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Remnant-Tag, of which the following is a specification. v

The present invention relates to improvements in remnant tags, the primary object of the same being the provision of a flexible tag adapted to be used in connection with the resilient band clip as shown in applicants former Patent No. 790,449, dated May 23, 1905, the present structure overcoming the disadvantages of the tag as shown in said patent and providing a means in addition to the spur carried by the clip for holding the tag upon the remnant and against movement therefrom that will permit of the passage of one terminal ofthe band through the body of the tag and thus insure absolutely the proper positioning of the tag with relation to the band and consequently prevent the loss therefrom whilein remnant embracing position.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangementof parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawingsFigure l is an end elevation of the remnant tag and supporting.-

band with the portion adjacent the center of the band and tag in section. Fig. 2- is a side elevation of the remnant tag taken from the left as viewed in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view taken from the left as viewed in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the tag per se. Fig. 6 is a perspective view illustrating the attachment of the present-remnant tag to a remnant. Fig. 7 illustrates a modification of the present device.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates an arched resilient band or clip having the outwardly bent terminal 2 to provide a means whereby the said clip may be readily inserted upon a rolled remnant R to embrace the same and thus retain the tag 4 in remnant embracing position. The clip 1 is formed similar to the clip shown in the aforementioned patent and is provided with a spur 3 which is disposed to engage theouter surface of the tag 4 but not penetratethe'sam'e.

It has been found in practice that the spur 3 does not under certain conditions properly retain the tag 4 against longitudinal movement, or movement that would tend to remove the tag from between the clip 1 and the remnant R, and that therefore in order toinsure the proper positioning or retention of the tag 4 in remnant embracing position, the slot or opening 5 is formed through the body of the tag 4 at one terminal thereof, as clearly shown, and is provided with the straight. edge 6 and the curved edge 7 so' as to permit of the easy introduction of one of the terminals 2 of the clip 1' therethrough as clearly illustrated in Figsl, 2 and 4. i

In putting the present remnant tag in use, the tag 4 having placed thereon the price and size of the remnant, the tag is positioned against the exterior surface of one side of the remnant R, and the clip 1 taken in the other hand ofvthe operator so that both terminals 'fit astride the remnant, the terminal 2 being inserted through the slot 5,, the operator pushing the clip home against the body of the remnant R until the spur 3 has been pressed against the outer surface of thetag 4. Thus the tag is. held in permanant embracing position and by reason of-the spur 3 and the slot 5, the said tag 4 is retained against accidental displacement,

If so desired as shown in Fig. 7, the spur 3 may be dispensed with,the slot 5 being the main essential in properly retaining the tag 4 in remnant embracing position.

By this means, it will be seen that the tag 4 and clip 1 under ordinary conditions are separate, the tag 4 being formed in a flat oval blank, as shown in Fig. 5, and only curved to embrace aremnant B after the same has been written upon, to indicate the size and price of the remnant, by means of the positioning of the clip as-lieretofore described with relation thereto and the remnant. By employing a single slot 5 at a point near one end of the blank or tag 4, the clip is readily placed in proper position, both as to the tag 4 and the cylindrical or rolled remnant, without tearing out the material below the slot 5, during such positioning of the parts upon the remnant. This feature is of the utmost importance, in that it of the tag, and one end only of the clip being provides a means for readily placing the tag threaded through the opening, and extende upon the remnant and retaining the same beneath the corresponding end of the tag.

against accidental displacement. In testimony that I claim the foregoing is What is claimed is: as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signa- 15 In a device of the class described, a tag ture in the presence of two Witnesses.

' provided at one end only with an opening; CHARLES E. MITCHEM.

an arched, resilient clip extended trans- Witnesses: versely of the outer face of the tag, both ends T. BOLENDER,

1d of the clip being extended beyond the ends J. SMITH.

Copies of th'is paten't may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, v Washington, D. G. 

